New York Madam forced to wear ‘diapers and T-shirt’ in Riker’s cell as family launch website to raise $2m bail

Accused 'Manhattan Madam' Anna Gristina is having to endure a sweltering, rat-infested Rikers Island cell wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper, her husband has sensationally claimed.

The shocking allegations were revealed as Kelvin Gorr launched a website to help pay off his wife's enormous $2million dollar bail, saying the small clan cannot afford it on their own.

Anna Gristina's husband and four children created HelpAnna.org with the goal of raising enough capital to bring Gristina home by Mother's Day.

Plea: Gristina's family has launched a website to help pay her enormous $2million dollar bail, saying they cannot afford it on their own

The family of Anna Gristina are hoping that photos of Gristina with her kids will humanize her and raise donations

In an attempt to humanize the
sensational tabloid target, the site features photos of Gristina with
her kids and information about her pig rescue farm.

'There
is never a day, a morning, an hour, a minute that goes by that we don’t
miss our Mother, Anna Gristina-Gorr. To us, she is the woman who we
call for when we are sick, who goes to our school plays and soccer
games, who smiles in our eyes. She is Mom,' the site reads.

They say that the cell is overrun
with rats and roaches, and authorities even attempted to have her wear
nothing but a t-shirt and diaper.

'As if this wife and mother was a
war-criminal, Anna is kept in solitary confinement, in a room where the
temperatures exceed over 100 degrees,' according to the website. 'Rats
and roaches scurry all around her.'

Gristina was arrested February 22 on a charge of promoting prostitution. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan decided that the Scottish-born mother of four was a flight risk and priced her bail at $2million bond or $1 million cash.

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'The bail... is cruel and unusual.
Real criminals, such as alleged rapists, murders and child molesters
have been required to pay less bail than she,' the Gristina family
argues on the website.

Five
other people connected to the Gristina case - including her alleged
co-conspirator, a lawyer, her purported money-laundering tax man and two
accused hookers - were released on much lower bail or no bail at all,
according to the New York Post.

The website links to a PayPal account, where visitors can donate cash directly to the family.

The family emphasizes that although the crimes against her may be dubious, she hasn't been found guilty of anything but inspiring memorable headlines.

'While she waits for her case to be heard, she should be home with us. It’s not fair that she doesn’t get to be with her family during this time – she hasn’t been convicted of anything,' the site reads.

Pigs in a Blanket: The site points to Gristina's charity work, citing the fact that her family saved three rescue dogs and that Gristina co-owns a pot-belly pig animal rescue program called the Pig Placement Network

Double Life: The suburban home of Gristina and Kelvin Gorr in Monroe, in upstate New York

The family goes on to describe
Gristina's charity work, citing the fact that her family saved three
rescue dogs and that Gristina co-owns a pot-belly pig animal rescue
program called the Pig Placement Network.

The Pig Placement Network rescues pigs that are homeless or about to be slaughtered, the site says.

But beyond the injustice of the high bail, the family argues that Gristina's treatment at Riker's Island is an 'insult to the American way of life.'

'We need our Mom here. Without her, part of our family’s life is missing,' the family begs.